Tadashige Daigo

Tadashige Daigo (15 October 1891-6 December 1947) was a Vice Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

Biography
Tadashige Daigo was born on 15 October 1891 in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan to a family descended from the Fujiwara aristocracy; he was a marquis. He graduated from the Imperial Japanese Navy Academy in 1912 and attended the House of Peers in 1913 before returning to active service. On 15 November 1940, he was promoted to Rear Admiral after years of faithful service, and he led Submarine Squadron Five during the invasion of Malaya on 7 December 1941 at the start of World War II for Japan. From 13-26 December 1941, he commanded the invasion of Sarawak in the Dutch East Indies, and he was promoted to Vice Admiral on 1 November 1943. He carried out midget submarine attacks on merchant shipping off Australia and was involved in the kaiten human torpedo program until the conclusion of the war in August 1945. After the war, he was convicted of massacring 21,000 people in Pontianak, Borneo back in 1943-1944, and he was executed by firing squad in Pontianak on 6 December 1947 for his crimes against humanity.